The long-running writers' strike is officially coming to an end, as the union's leaders sign off on the tentative deal struck Sunday with Hollywood studios … almost 5 months after the stalemate began. WGA leadership voted Tuesday to end the strike, approving the new 3-year deal with the AMPTP … and it will be effective just after midnight. The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. Today, our Negotiating Committee, WGAW Board, and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. The strike ends at 12:01 am. Check out our deal at https://t.co/c0ULMXhPL7. #WGAStrong pic.twitter.com/7z8kw9xI1p — Writers Guild of America West (@WGAWest) September 27, 2023 @WGAWest The breakthrough means striking writers can start working on Hollywood productions as early as Wednesday … even though the ratification vote is not until next week when it's expected to pass. Bill Maher, who was going to bring his talk show back without writers before reversing course after the tentative deal, says his writers are coming back ASAP and he will have a new episode of his HBO show Friday. TMZ.com As we reported, the strike began back on May 2 … stretching all summer long with writers on the West and East Coasts fighting for fair wages and residuals, a crackdown on use of AI by the studios, transparency from streaming companies and other important issues. The WGA and AMPTP went back to the table recently for a number of days until a tentative deal was struck over the weekend — with producers finally meeting writers on most of the guild's demands.</p Original article https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/26/writers-strike-officially-ends-wga-amptp-hollywood-actors/
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